He got game
Directed by Spike Lee. With Denzel Washington, Milla Jovovich, Ray Allen, Rosario Dawson. A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence. He Got Game is a 1998 American sports drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington. This is the third of four film collaborations between Washington and Lee. Washington portrays Jake Shuttlesworth, father of the top-ranked basketball prospect in the country, Jesus Shuttlesworth, played by NBA star Ray Allen. He Got Game is a perfect example of the directors sensibilities. Most basketball movies tell coming of age stories against gritty backdrops that all lead up to some big game. Lee's Music video by Public Enemy performing He Got Game. (C) 1998 The Island Def Jam Music Group Playlist Best of Public Enemy https://goo.gl/8xu5R4 Subscribe. He Got Game fully explores the visual poetry of basketball and the greed that fuels this particular vision of the American dream, but Lee never loses sight of the sport's inherent beauty, or the higher priorities of redemption and family that form the solid foundation of this exceptional film. --Jeff Shannon. He Got Game--"He Got Game" is the hip-hop music soundtrack album to the Spike Lee-directed, Denzel Washington-starring film. It is the first movie soundtrack to feature one rap act exclusively--in this case, genre pioneers Public Enemy. He Got Game is a 1998 American sports drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington. This is the third He Got Game is a soundtrack and sixth studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released on April 28, 1998 under Def Jam Recordings. It was released as the soundtrack to Spike Lee's 1998 film of the same name and was the group's last album for Def Jam. He Got Game was produced by members of the Bomb Squad, along with producers Abnes Dubose, Danny Saber, D. R. Period, and Jack Dangers. The classic Air Jordan 13 He Got Game that was popularized by MJ in 1997 but got its nickname from Spike Lee’s basketball film He Got Game starring Ray Allen, is making a comeback this year. He Got Game (1998) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers Ok, at the end of the movie it shows Jake at the prison and he throws the ball over the wall with the guards about to shoot him. Meanwhile, Jesus is shooting around in the gym. Out of nowhere, what is implied to be the same ball from the prison, comes flying into the gym and Jesus picks it up. I get that this is probably has symbolic meaning that Jesus can forgive his father and build a new relationship with him. But WTF!?!?!? HOW are we meant to belive that the ball could I'd never watched a "Spike Lee Joint" until yesterday. But I'm a sucker for a good sports movie and figured I should give it a shot. Honestly: what the fuck?? The music was awful. Literally shrill on the ears. I honestly paused it just so I could make sure I didn't have some B-grade 1930s horror film on in the background. And the music very poorly follows the tone of the movie. Denzel was great. Honestly. He did his thing. And the underlying story about the kid from the wrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9cTBTVnkeY.